You don't often hear people say, 'Oh, since he's been taking them drugs, he's such a nice person! He's really come out of his shell, he's really nice, he's blossomed'.

I guess I'm fairly insistent and maybe consistent. If I decide I'll do something, I generally will.

[Jeffrey Lewis is] The best lyricist working in the US today.

You can do anything when you're famous. That's why famous people are so dumb.

For me, the great thing about music is that anybody can do it.

It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person.

I'm sure Sting's a lovely guy. It's just that nobody wants to be seen as that holier-than-thou thing. That over-earnestness is a bit of a problem with people in bands and celebrities or whatever.